One Thousand and Forty-Seven. Goal: Top Four!

Who?"

"Robin Lopez!"

"..."

Chris Wallace, who was halfway through his words, scared Sun Ce. If it was really that Lopez, then... the team would not have enough ball possession and time.

Relatively speaking, for the Grizzlies, the younger brother is more suitable than the older brother now. The older brother is a little too good.

Besides, the younger brother is already very good, but he is on the minimum salary! He heard that the Trail Blazers, who were extremely eager for a center, offered Lopez a two-year mini-mid-level salary, and the Grizzlies took him on the minimum salary. This is a big bargain!

It's just that I thought of the older brother at first, so when I heard it was the younger brother, there would naturally be a comparison, and the surprise was not that big.

After chatting with Chris Wallace for a while, Sun Ce knew that the other party wanted to take advantage of his youth and the fact that the Suns had DeAndre Jordan and were unwilling to renew his contract, so he became a free agent and came with a learning mentality. , and also want to strive to win the championship, gild the gold, then have the strength, the championship title, and can strive for a bigger contract.

Anyway, the Trail Blazers only gave the mini-middle class, and it is more attractive to take more than 1 million less and go to the championship team to fight for the future than to take more than 1 million.

Last season, because Gortat played at the peak of his career, Lopez Jr. did not play much, averaging only 12 minutes of playing time, 3 points, 3 rebounds and 1.1 assists.

Although the strength is not strong, but the style of play is tough, it is more than enough to be the third center, and he can also follow Nash to make fast breaks...

However, after hanging up the phone, Sun Ce didn't know how to describe his thoughts.

The center is the most expensive player, and this will never change, but their Grizzlies lost two centers this year for various reasons, and they were replenished smoothly.

However, A third point guard can't be found no matter what.

The Bobcats are willing to pay Sessions, who is fast, 7 million, which is an extreme premium. It is unknown how Billups can perform after returning from a ruptured Achilles tendon. The Clippers also want to keep him with a contract close to the middle class. Felton is already 8 million...

Sun Ce estimated that his general manager did not expect this result after trading away two backup point guards... But if he doesn't give Neil and Ridnour, he can't get Larry Sanders back...

Sun Ce really didn't expect that in this era of point guards flooding, he couldn't find a suitable third point guard.

Maybe the identity of the third point guard also affected the theater, after all, Neil and Ridnour were traded back, not signed as free agents.

Sun Ce has to thank Nash for being willing to come to their Grizzlies, which really solved a big problem!

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That night, Sun Ce got together with Harden, who was selected for the Dream Team 10, and Gasol, one of the core players of the Spanish team. They did not invite anyone else, but the three of them had dinner together. This was arranged long ago.

On the 26th, the media day of the Chinese Olympic team arrived. After a busy day, on the 27th, Sun Ce and the national Olympic team attended the opening ceremony of the London Olympics at the Stratford Olympic Stadium.

Every time he represented the country, Sun Ce was very excited, especially for the first time in the Olympics. When he entered the stadium, he heard the cheers of many compatriots from far away from China, which made him feel more excited.

Sun Ce's parents and Zu Ge were brought by Lily Collins to watch the entrance ceremony. When Sun Ce followed Yao Ming into the stadium, the organizer, the United Kingdom, also gave the big screen to Sun Ce's family.

Lily Collins' father Phil Collins also participated in the opening ceremony tonight, which was considered to be an attempt to use Sun Ce to attract more Chinese audiences to travel.

From returning to the Olympic Village on the 25th to the opening ceremony on the 27th, it was three days of extreme busyness. Although Sun Ce was excited, he didn't really feel much enjoyment.

After three days of busyness, no one disturbed Sun Ce and his teammates anymore, and they officially started the final preparations. On July 28th, Sun Ce and his teammates came to the Olympic Park in the eastern suburbs of London in the morning. Although there were still reporters from various countries filming,

they could ignore them.

The London Olympic Committee spent more than ten months in the Olympic Park to build a steel-structured basketball stadium for the group stage. It will be demolished in a year and the materials will be sold to Brazil for continued use in 2016.

So the stadium looks brand new... but there are not many additional facilities, such as training grounds. Therefore, 12 steel-framed training grounds were built in the Olympic Park to prepare for the group stage for 12 countries. They will be demolished after the Olympics, which is still a recyclable and sustainable way.

Although the facilities are relatively simple compared to the World Championships, there are so many events in the Olympics, so it is not bad to have such an arrangement. After one day of preparation, on the 29th, the first day of the Olympic men's basketball event arrived...

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"Emperor Yi, look, the best power forward in the international arena, the future pillar of the Chinese men's basketball team..." On the shuttle bus, Yao Ming looked at the sign held up by the fans who were stopped by security and said to Yi Jianlian.

Yi Jianlian said angrily: "Da Yao, I said don't call me Emperor Yi!"

"That's right, Brother Yao, you can't call Brother A Lian like that." Sun Ce also echoed.

This surprised Yi Jianlian and Yao Ming. Sun Ce actually became serious this time, but he always felt that something was wrong.

Sure enough, Sun Ce continued: "Didn't you see that there is already a name on that sign - Yi Muhua Lian is Brother A Lian's stage name."

"Hahaha, yes, yes, I forgot, Hua Lian, no, Brother Yu, the best power forward in the international arena..." Yao Ming couldn't help laughing.

Yi Jianlian looked up at the sky in despair. If he had known, he would not have renewed his contract. He would have to continue playing with this bastard next season, but he couldn't avoid it if he didn't renew his contract. They would have to play in an international competition together every two years...

Oh my God! Yi Jianlian felt like he had no desire to live.

However, Yi Jianlian really has a chance to win the title of "the best power forward in the international arena".

Among the various predictions in this period, there is a very eye-catching prediction list. The prediction of players who have the opportunity to get 20+10 in this Olympics is not from the US team, the Spanish team, or the Argentine team... Only Yi Jianlian of the Chinese team is considered to have the hope of getting 10+ rebounds per game in the Olympics, or even 20+10 per game.

Since Gasol is the center in the international arena, Yi Jianlian may be the best power forward among all the power forwards in this Olympics, except Kirilenko and Scola. Of course, if Anthony, James and others play power forward, it will be difficult.

But this does not prevent Yi Jianlian from being the only player in the public opinion who may get 20+10 per game in this Olympics. Even Sun Ce can't do it. Although Sun Ce's superstar status has begun to be recognized, even Sun Ce fans know that the Grizzlies' system is very different from that of the Chinese men's basketball team. Sun Ce plays very differently in the two teams.

After a while, the Chinese men's basketball team took a shuttle bus into the Olympic Park Basketball Arena. It was exactly 9 o'clock in the morning. After entering to get familiar with the court, they had to leave. It was the turn of other teams to get familiar with the court. Each national team only had half an hour.

Few countries have started preparing for the Olympics like China many years in advance. Most of them started to cram in the first two years. This arena was still under maintenance yesterday. Today was the first time Sun Ce walked into this arena to get familiar with the court.

After looking at the lounge and the tea room, Sun Ce didn't see any locker rooms. Sun Ce complained: "Brother A Lian, does the stadium look like it has cut off all the other things in a normal stadium, leaving only the lounge, the court, and the seats?"

"It's always like this. I only saw a locker room in the competition venue at the Beijing Olympics, and there was no such thing in the Athens Olympics before." Yi Jianlian responded.

"I heard that they took 18 months to repair this broken stadium. If it was handed over to our country's engineering team, given a month, those workers would be able to spend most of their time playing mahjong."

Yi Jianlian has become accustomed to Sun Ce's various complaints. Just listen to it. Anyway, he is definitely not going to win the argument. The entire 76ers team can't scold this guy, and now he has the nickname of "Contemporary Big Bird".

While complaining, Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian walked around together, visited the media interview area, looked at the beverage sales area outside the stadium, and took photos for Lily Collins. She will bring Sun Ce's parents, Zu Ge and her own brothers to watch the game in the afternoon.

At 3:30 pm, the opening match of the men's basketball game of this Olympic Games will begin. One of the participating countries is China, and the home team is naturally Britain.

Sun Ce walked around and returned to the stadium, ready to go to the court to try out the feeling of shooting. As soon as he stepped into the court, the system prompt came!

"The men's basketball event of the 2012 London Olympics is about to begin. The ability evaluation section will temporarily enter the FIBA ​​rules scoring. The ability evaluation will be determined based on comprehensive factors such as big data, the physical condition, technical condition, recent performance, FIBA ​​rules, etc."

"Due to the enthusiastic expectations of Chinese fans and the strong competition goals of the host and teammates for this Olympic Games, the Olympic Games special event: the top four contenders has been triggered."

"Top four contenders (*):

Goal: The host needs to help the Chinese men's basketball national team reach the top four of the men's basketball of this Olympic Games.

Event reward: a random skill upgrade card.

Failure penalty: deduct at least one A-level lottery card."

It came suddenly. After looking at the content of the event, Sun Ce was glad that he had two A-level lottery cards that were not used!

However, the event itself is consistent with what Sun Ce wants to achieve. More pressure is not a bad thing. On the contrary, it may increase extra motivation because the goals are the same.

Sun Ce curiously opened the "FIBA Ability Evaluation Section" that was temporarily added. Now you can see the ability evaluation of Chinese men's basketball players in international competitions.

Sun Ce must have looked at his own ability evaluation first.

"Comprehensive evaluation S-? Three-point A? Layup A-?"